THE DAILY JOURNAL 1902 Busy Phone and Subscription Notes
The issue lists subscription rates by carrier and mail, notes reduced club rates, and provides a long list of city newsstand and agent locations in Indianapolis and beyond. It covers public policy topics including sugar duties, schoolbooks, primaries, and ship subsidies, with various editorials and political notes. It also mentions John McGregor's nomination for county commissioner and an American teacher’s report on Spanish maps in the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McGregor
Philippines
Spain
United States
The Dictator Pretender and the Echoes of Revolution
The text argues that Aguinaldo betrayed his cause by accepting money to abandon the fight and declare himself dictator president. It contrasts his actions with reverence for the revolutionary fathers, noting his propositions to unite with Spanish officials to destroy the American army. The piece mocks any view equating him with George Washington.
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Aguinaldo
Phillippines
George Washington
Benedict Arnold
Result of the Marion county Republican primary
The primary produced a representative slate of forty candidates. Voters rejected rings and slates, retained incumbents, and favored judges seen as acceptable. The legislative team includes Morgan Tarkington Wright Stechhan Miner Muir and Bamberger, all described as intelligent, principled, and capable.
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Ralph Bamberger
Marion County
Friends of
Morgan
Tarkington
Republican Party
Wright
Stechhan
Miner
Messrs. Muir and
Bamberger
A Most Unwise Proposition on Metric System for U S
A Washington dispatch reports the House committee favorable to a bill to make the metric system compulsory for all government departments. Although legal to use since 1986, progress has been minimal, and critics warn compulsory adoption would replace familiar English measures with a foreign decimal nomenclature. The system, scientific and decimal, enjoys European scientific support but little popular use in English speaking nations.
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Washington
House Committee On Coinage, Weights and Measures
Congress
France
England
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Senate
House
Dingley
Spooner
Aldrich
Committee On Foreign Relations
Dingrey
Hay
Thomas
Hitt
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Yates
Illinois
Thomases
South Africa
State Department
United States
Opposition to compulsory government measure praised as unwise
A protest argues against a compulsory government measure noting it would create reports full of unfamiliar terms. The House committee is accused of weak oversight for approving a bill with no popular demand and little chance of public defense.
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House
Malignant Senator Attacks Philippine War Record
The piece denounces anti expansionists in the Senate over the Hague treaty on war conduct. It defends Funston's Aguinaldo capture as a legitimate ruse of war and condemns Senator Teller for linking the incident to political attacks. It also profiles Oliver T. Ensley as a campaign endorser using newspapers to reach Republican voters.
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Senate
Philippines
Teller
Aguinaldo
Funston
General Funston
Funsten
Oliver TI. Ensley
Republian
Gallinger
Civil Service Commission
Hale
Morgan
Secretary of the Interior
United States
Pacific
Secretary of War
Old First National Bank Building To Be Sold At Auction
New Albany newspapers report an impending auction sale of the old First National Bank building as the bank liquidates and closes. The sandstone structure dates back over sixty years and was long a branch of the State Bank, with a limited local sandstone deposit nearby.
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New Albany
First National Bank
Old State Bank
Gould letter to NY World on St Louis fair relief
George J. Gould urged New York Legislature to vote a liberal appropriation for the St. Louis fair in a letter to the New York World. A newspaper remark alleged he is a New Jersey citizen to avoid New York taxes.
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George J. Gould
New York World
New York
St. Louis
Gould
New Jersey
The Humorists A Universal Error
A witty exchange notes a paradox in time as Lent divides the year while humorist April Smart Set Ohio State Journal comments on memory and lending. Bindun-Say asks about unpaid debt and is answered with a quip about forgetting the past, reflecting light social satire.
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Ohio State Journal
Bindun
Temple of Progressive Thought or hat bedecked satire
A brief, vivid snippet from Yonkers Statesman style satire crossing Chicago Tribune style quips. It riffs on church rhetoric, fashion vanity, and social pretensions with wry humor about a lofty hat blocking the stage and a vain bonnet competing with hair.
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Chicago Tribune
New Bank Notes First of 1902 Series Issued
The Treasury issues the first delivery of the 1902 national bank notes in denominations of 10 and 20, with future fives, fifties, and hundreds to follow. Portraits include Harrison on the five, McKinley on the ten, McCulloch on the twenty, Sherman on the fifty, and Knox on the hundred. Geographical division letters will mark ends of notes. Changes are designed to aid redemption and record-keeping, with no redesign for already prepared notes.
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Washington
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Harrison
McKinley
McCulloch
Sherman
John J. Knox
Treasury Department
New England
Middle States
Pacific
Suspected of Poisoning His Wife
Louisville dispatch reports from Munfordsville that a chemical analysis of Mrs Nanule Bell Wilker s stomach is cited in a case alleging poisoning. The report is partial and concerns the suspect husband. Further details are not available in the excerpt.
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Louisville
the Times
Munfordsville
Nanule Bell Wilker
Arrest Shocks Community In Wife’s Death Case
Wilkerson is charged with murdering his wife after a weeks long case of quarrels and separation. Dr M H Goodman reports finding three fourths of a grain of strychnine in the woman’s stomach. Authorities moved Wilkerson to Bowling Green for safety amid public excitement.
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Eeilkerson
M. H. Goodman
Louisville
Wilkerson
Bowling Green
Monument to Heroes in Dorchester Heights Boston
In Boston South Boston the 126th anniversary of the British evacuation was marked by unveiling a white granite monument on Dorchester Heights. Massachusetts funded the memorial to New England militia and Washington. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge spoke. Rear Admiral Schley attended the banquet with Mayor Collins as the procession moved past the monument bearing an inscription by Harvard President Eliot.
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Boston
Dorchester Heights
Massachusetts
New England
Washington
United States
Henry Cabot
Schley
Collins
Eliot
Harvard
Nantasket Roads
United American
Army Civil Interference Curbs in Philippine Provinces
General Chaffee orders Fifth Brigade to avoid friction with civil authorities in Iloilo and other pacified provinces. He urges strict noninterference, cites habeas corpus limits, and stresses discipline while allowing military action against armed bands when needed. Seattle dispatch adds Lukban monarchy remark and Samar surrender context.
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Washington
Philippines
Chaffee
Manila
Iloilo
Philippine Commission
United States
Army of
Betts Elected Governor of Albay Province Philippines
Toledo Ohio dispatch notes Maj Arlington A Betts elected governor of Albay in the Philippines after serving as military governor. Betts previously commanded as captain in the Forty seventh regiment and had been stationed in the islands during the campaign.
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Toledo
Maj
Arlington A. Betts
Albay
Philippine Islands
Maj. Betts
Phillpey
British barkentine Persia ashore near Point Lookout
New York report says the British barkentine Persia with a cargo of hides from Buenos Ayres bound for New York ran aground near Point Lookout last night. Ten crewmen were rescued by the Long Island life saving crew using the breeches buoy. The vessel registers 873 tons net and hails from Hantsport Nova Scotia.
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New York
Persia
Buenos Ayres
Point Lookout
L. L
Long Island
Hantsport
Niles Woman Seeks State Widows Exemption Plan
Miss Fannie Lacey of Niles has organized a movement among widows and unmarried women to apply for exemption from taxation on property not to exceed a specified amount. A meeting is set for next Wednesday to prepare or deny the proposal.
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Niles, Mich
Fannie Lacey
Niles Society
Prince Henry Enjoys Ocean Trip After U S Visit
Prince Henry, tired at first, recovered well aboard the Deutschland. He spent time on the bridge with officers, greeted friends on arrival at Plymouth, and later joined passengers on the deck. The voyage to Cherbourg and Hamburg was pleasant, with high remarks on his affability and a message from Emperor Wilhelm.
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Plymouth
England
Cherbourg
Hamburg
Prince Henry
Hardy
United States
Koeper
Prince
Herr Fox
Emperor Willam
von Seckendorff
Associated Press
Prince Henry Tired but Pleased Upon Deutschland Arrival
CHERBOURG France March 17 The Deutschland steamer with Admiral Prince Henry of Prussia and his suite arrived from Plymouth at 6555 pm The prince expressed satisfaction with Emperor William s reception plans and recounted his fatigue from the U S trip He said crowds in America were the strongest impression and noted no unpleasant incidents He will resume naval duties in Kiel and visit England for a royal review next June.
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Cherbourg
France
Prince Henry of
Prussia
Plymouth
England
Emperor William
Prince Henry
Cuxhaven
Admiral von Tirpits
General von Plessen
Berlin
New York
United States
Germany
Kiel
Edward
Emperor William sails from Kiel to Kiel for Reich visit
Berlin March 17 Emperor William and the Empress rested with the Kielschloss then the Kaiser Wilhelm I battleship will move toward Cuxhaven to greet the Deutschland carrying Prince Henry of Prussia. High naval officers will join in the reception as Hela ferries Prince Henry ashore and the imperial party then sails to Kiel.
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Berlin
Emperor William
Kielschloss
Cuxhaven
Prince Henry
Prussia
von Thomaen
Fourth Marine Artillery
Hela
Wi Prince Henry
Kiel
Eight Hundred Apply for Amen Corner Dinner Tickets
In New York on March 17 more than eight hundred men prominent in public affairs applied for tickets to the Amen Corner dinner with Senator Thomas C. Platt on April 4. Invitations were limited to 34 guests, with many notable attendees including President Roosevelt Governor Odell and J. Pierpont Morgan among others. The event, though nonpolitical in aim, will include a large mix of Democrats and Republicans, reflecting long-standing Amen Corner ties.
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New York
Thomas C. Platt
President Roosevelt
Odell
Crane
Massachusetts
Depew
Quay
Penrose
Foraker
Scott
West Virginia
Fairbanks
Aldrich
Low
Woodruff
Archbishop Ireland
J. Pierpont Morgan
John A. McCall
Levi P. Morton
Haight and Werner
Court of Appeals
Nixon
Arthur P. Gorman
Maryland
George B. McClellan
Conor
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